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Honorarii tumuli ac funebris pompae descriptio : in exequiarum iustis Francisco Vindocinensi duci Belfortio &c. persolutis Romae, in Templo Deiparae Capitolino : et oratio in eiusdem funere ibidem habita die . Septembris 1669

Bartoli, Pietro Santi, 1635-1700, Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680, Rossi, Matthia de', 1637-1695, Tinassi, Nicolangelo, 17th cent · 1669 · Romae : Typis Nicolai Angeli Tinassij · 2 pictures

A 1669 Roman funeral description printed by Nicolangelo Tinassi, with text by Pietro Santi Bartoli and Matthia de' Rossi and funeral design credited to Gian Lorenzo Bernini, for the Duke of Beaufort, François de Bourbon. The plates show an ornate ceiling-and-column interior with a tall tiered catafalque, while a decorative woodcut headpiece shows a grotesque mask flanked by curling scrolls and winged figures, useful for baroque ornament, architectural staging and ceremonial spectacle.

Beaufort, François de Bourbon, duc de, 1616-1669 · Funeral rites and cermonies

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